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of right and wrong, and accompanied with the sentiments of approbation and condemnation. Whewell.

rance of his high consideration. D. Webster. The consideration with which he was treated. Whewell.

hen one class of facts coincides with an induction obtained from another different class. Whewell.

her the parts of anything; structure; arrangement. An astrolabe of peculiar construction. Whewell.

onary. Men fergot, or feared, to consult . . . ; they were content to consult liberaries. Whewell.

lton. The doctrine of the earth's motion appeared to be contrary to the sacred Scripture. Whewell.

. as shown by juxtaposition or comparison. The contrasts and resemblances of the seasons. Whewell.

are at jerusalem. Rom. xv. 26. Aristotle's actual contributions to the physical sciences. Whewell.

it agreement; sanctioned by general concurrence or usage; formal. "Conventional decorum." Whewell. The conventional language appropriated to monarchs. Motley. The ordinary salutations, and other points of social behavior, are conventional. Latham.

Tending to one point; approaching each other; convergent; as, converging lines. Whewell. Converging rays(Opt.), rays of light, which, proceeding from different points of an object, tend toward a single point. -- Converging series (Math.), a series in which if an indefinitely great number of terms be taken, their sum w…

to concave. Drops of water naturally form themselves into figures with a convex surface. Whewell. Double convex, convex on both sides; convexo-convex.

c music. See Polyphony. Counterpoint, an invention equivalent to a new creation of music. Whewell.

the act of creation. "Creative talent." W. Irving. The creative force exists in the germ. Whewell.

insects. Others feed only in the twilight, as bats and owls, and are called crepuscular. Whewell.

Formed by crystallization; like crystal in texture. Their crystalline structure. Whewell.

One who cultivates; as, a cultivator of the soil; a cultivator of literature. Whewell.

ge of causes is deductive. Glanvill. Notions and ideas . . . used in a deductive process. Whewell.

egard; respect; complaisance. Deference to the authority of thoughtful and sagacious men. Whewell. Deference is the most complicate, the most indirect, and the most elegant of all compliments. Shenstone.

efinite measure; a definite period or interval. Elements combine in definite proportions. Whewell.

guiling; delusory; as, delusive arts; a delusive dream. Delusive and unsubstantial ideas. Whewell. -- De*lu"sive*ly, adv. -- De*lu"sive*ness, n.